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My observation: Some of the more radical religions are at the bottom, and some more lenient religions are at the top.

Does the national average mean people without a religion, or is that an average of all the data shown here?

I'd say the article explains pretty well what might be the causes of this.

Wow; an investigation is hard to break! I guessed that Jews has pretty hard to get job; now after World War II.

i think maybe that its becasue religious people are much more willing to help out and give loans to and better deals to people of the same religion, as they feel that they have something binding them, something in common, atheists seem unlikely to give other atheists deals ect

This is probably done a very small ammount of people. I severely doubt your religion has any impact at all on the job you get unless our hirer has islamophobia or something. And what about atheists?

Well I cannot speak for people in other religions, but in the LDS (Mormon) Church, we've been taught to gain as much education as possible. We're taught to strive for excellence in the classroom, to do our best in our endeavors.

not believing it means one will not take higehr level bio courses

I think that the people who think the world was made in 6,000 years are the exception. Of course i'm only speaking for the kids my age i can't speak for adults.

And kids are actually more likely to be atheist. And no I don't mean in the sense of undecided but when they are old enough to make a decision on religion. I found a survey which found this but I can't be bothered to find it at the moment. I will though if you severely doubt the validity of this statement.

No i'll take your word for it. And i suppose that makes sense considering we're learning more at a younger age now.

I think that the reason for this is because the ones in the upper salary (Reform Jews and Hindues) are a distinct minority, their average goes up more when high salaries are made. Visa versa, their average goes down more when low salaries are made, but because Judaism and Hinduism stress education, that doesn't happen too often.

Does the national average mean people without a religion, or is that an average of all the data shown here?

udaism stresses learning and tend to go into family buisness (Jewlery, doctors, lawyers, etc).

i think maybe that its becasue religious people are much more willing to help out and give loans to and better deals to people of the same religion, as they feel that they have something binding them, something in common, atheists seem unlikely to give other atheists deals ect

Just so all of you know -- there's a point on the map that says 'Secular' -- That's atheists.

Anyway, to me, it looks like the countries immigration outlook. Hindu's seem to be on the top, but many of the Indians we find in our country today are late immigrants, and the Indian quota for our immigration system is not that high, and usually we find ourselves with hopeful students or well educated people in the US, that are Hindu.

Take for example Islam, which is much lower on the chart, it is a religion comprised by many different countries. So the 'competition' to get into the country is much less, and so, while there may not be as many muslims, there are people from different countries, allowing for more low-income people to come in to pull on the average.

My guess on the conservative, reform, jews and the Episcopalians is that many of them are republican tea partiers. A lot of them seem to be rich. Jews own a ton of businesses in this world, and if a jew has a contact, a jew has a job. [no racist comment, just stating a fact]. Also, I know that many episcopalian churches are headed by extremely wealthy people. This chart shows that 34% of 100,000$ + people are episcopalian or mainline christians.

[quote]My guess on the conservative, reform, jews and the Episcopalians is that many of them are republican tea partiers[quote]

Most Jews are democrats, a republican Jew is like a minority in the minority.

My guess on the conservative, reform, jews and the Episcopalians is that many of them are republican tea partiers

Most Jews are democrats, a republican Jew is like a minority in the minority.